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Apple · 2022 Compatible
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Install your Germany eSIM on iPhone 14.

Yes — iPhone 14 supports eSIM in Germany. First iPhone generation sold as eSIM-only in the US. Most travelers don't notice — the install flow is identical. travel.to routes you to Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone DE, Telefónica O2 automatically — you don't pick the carrier, your phone does.

Compatibility check

What checks out before payment.

eSIM supported

iPhone 14 (2022) ships with eSIM hardware.

Carrier coverage

3 partner carriers in Germany · auto-handoff between them.

Speed band

160 – 260 Mbps urban · 32 ms RTT.

Install · IOS

6 steps from QR to online.

  1. 01

    Open Settings on your iPhone

    Tap the Settings app (gray gear icon) from your home screen or App Library.

  2. 02

    Go to Cellular (or Mobile Data)

    Scroll to Cellular. On some regions iOS labels this Mobile Data instead.

  3. 03

    Tap Add eSIM

    Choose Add eSIM (older iOS calls this Add Cellular Plan).

  4. 04

    Choose Use QR Code

    Tap Use QR Code, then open the eSIM email from travel.to on another device and scan the QR.

  5. 05

    Label the line travel.to

    When iOS asks for a label, pick travel.to so you can tell it apart from your home SIM.

  6. 06

    Confirm and finish

    Confirm the default line settings. Your phone will activate the eSIM on landing — you don't need to do anything else until you reach your destination.

Once installed, the eSIM is dormant until iPhone 14 reaches a partner carrier's network in Germany — typically the moment you land. No manual switch, no carrier app.

Germany network

What to expect on iPhone 14 in Germany.

Carriers
Deutsche Telekom · Vodafone DE · Telefónica O2
Network
160 – 260 Mbps urban · 32 ms RTT
Time zone
UTC+1 · UTC+2 summer
Roaming alt cost
$12 – 22/GB on default home-carrier roaming — travel.to is an order of magnitude cheaper.
Heads-up
If your iPhone 14 was purchased in the US, it has no physical SIM tray — travel.to is the only line you can install (which is fine, just worth knowing).
Plans for Germany

Pick a plan and we'll email your QR.

All Germany details  →
Plan · 01
Unlimited
for 1 day · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$7.43 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $7
Plan · 02
Unlimited
for 3 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$16.97 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $17
Plan · 03
Unlimited
for 5 days · 30 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$25.20 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $25
Our pick
Plan · 04
Unlimited
for 7 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$37.93 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Get this plan  ·  $38
Plan · 05
Unlimited
for 10 days · unlimited at full speed
$42 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $42
Plan · 06
Unlimited
for 15 days · unlimited at full speed
$56.70 USD

For when you stop counting gigabytes.

Buy  ·  $57
Plan · 07
Unlimited
for 30 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$156.28 USD

For when the trip becomes the month, and the month becomes the work.

Buy  ·  $156
iPhone 14 in Germany

Common questions.

Yes. iPhone 14 ships with eSIM hardware, and travel.to routes it onto Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone DE, and Telefónica O2 in Germany. The line activates the moment you land — install takes under two minutes and is fully refundable if it fails to activate.
It depends where you bought it. US-market iPhone 14 units are eSIM-only with no physical SIM tray, so the travel.to eSIM is the line you install — there is nothing to swap. International iPhone 14 units keep a physical SIM tray, so your home SIM stays in while travel.to runs on the eSIM.
On iPhone 14 open Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM, choose Use QR Code, and scan the QR from your travel.to email. That is 6 taps from QR to online. iOS labels the path "Mobile Data" in some regions.
Under two minutes. The QR arrives by email seconds after payment; 6 taps later the profile is installed on iPhone 14. It stays dormant until you reach a partner network in Germany (UTC+1 · UTC+2 summer) — usually the instant you land, before you have changed your clock.
In Germany we route on Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone DE, and Telefónica O2. iPhone 14 hands off automatically to whichever has the strongest signal where you are — you do not pick the carrier, the phone does.
160 – 260 Mbps urban · 32 ms RTT. iPhone 14 negotiates the fastest band the local network offers, so in covered areas you get the same speeds a native SIM would pull on the same carrier.
Default home-carrier roaming in Germany runs about $12 – 22 per GB. A travel.to plan for Germany sits an order of magnitude below that, and you never get a surprise bill — you pay once, up front, for the data you chose.
No need. The airport SIM kiosks in Germany keep limited hours (Frankfurt FRA · 24h · Munich MUC · 06:00 – 23:00) and you would queue at them with the rest of your flight. Install the travel.to eSIM on iPhone 14 before you board and you walk straight past them, already online.
Two carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold iPhone 14 falls back automatically — you never have to switch networks by hand.
Yes. Top-ups reuse the Germany eSIM profile already on iPhone 14 — no new QR scan, no second install. Same line, fresh data, added from your Germany order page in one tap.
Full refund if the Germany eSIM fails to activate on iPhone 14. Half refund if it activates but underperforms on Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone DE, and Telefónica O2 (and if you used under 500 MB, you get the full amount). One click from your dashboard — no email thread.
A few iPhone 14-specific notes: US iPhone 14 has no SIM tray for the first time in iPhone history. Up to 8 eSIM profiles stored. Beyond that, the travel.to install flow in Germany is the standard iOS path.